Teh One Who Knocks
02-28-2012, 01:38 PM
By Carol Bengle Gilbert | Yahoo! Contributor Network
Nine people were killed and 12 injured in a suicide bombing at a military airport in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Monday morning, CNN reported. This was the latest attack against U.S. and NATO troops in retaliation for Qur'an burnings on a military base disclosed last week.
Seven Special Forces personnel were injured in a weekend attack on a base known as Combat Outpost Fortitude in Kunduz province, and two soldiers were shot in eastern Afghanistan earlier in the week.
Iranian Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqd fanned the flames of the violence this weekend, telling Haaretz the insult to Islam could be redressed only by burning the White House and hanging the military commanders responsible for the Qur'an burnings.
Proper Disposal of Qur'ans
According to Inter-Islam.org, there are alternative, resepectful ways to dispose of Qur'ans that are no longer in use. Burning is acceptable only as a last resort. The preferred methods are:
* Wrapping a Qur'an in cloth and burying it respectfully in grounds not normally walked upon, or
* Fastening a heavy object to a Qur'an and placing it in a flowing river.
If the preferred methods prove impossible and a Qur'an is burned, the ash should be collected and buried or placed in a flowing river, Islamic scholars say.
Holy Muslim writings other than the Qur'an may be burned if the names of Allah, the Angels and Messengers are first wiped away. They may also be cast into a flowing river or buried, without first removing names, under the teachings of Hanafi jurist Allamah Haskafi.
How Qur'an Burnings Came to Light
Late last Monday night, NATO personnel began unloading bags of books into a pit for incineration outside Bagram Air Base, the New York Times said. Afghan workers noticed that the books being burned were Qur'ans and threw their helmets at the NATO vehicles and shouted at the NATO personnel to stop. The NATO personnel stopped, but two bags of the holy books had already been burned.
NATO commander John R. Allen subsequently apologized and said the burning was unintentional and apologized, promising to fully investigate how the error occurred.
CNN said the Qur'ans had been removed from a detainee center library due to inscriptions on them that gave the impression they were being used to spread extremist sentiment.
President Obama's Apology
President Barack Obama apologized to Afghan President Harmid Karzai by telephone last Monday, followed up by a letter Thursday. According to USA Today, the letter expressed deep regret for the inadvertent Qur'an burnings and promised action to preclude any repeat of the mistake. The letter also said the persons responsible would be held accountable.
Nine people were killed and 12 injured in a suicide bombing at a military airport in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Monday morning, CNN reported. This was the latest attack against U.S. and NATO troops in retaliation for Qur'an burnings on a military base disclosed last week.
Seven Special Forces personnel were injured in a weekend attack on a base known as Combat Outpost Fortitude in Kunduz province, and two soldiers were shot in eastern Afghanistan earlier in the week.
Iranian Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqd fanned the flames of the violence this weekend, telling Haaretz the insult to Islam could be redressed only by burning the White House and hanging the military commanders responsible for the Qur'an burnings.
Proper Disposal of Qur'ans
According to Inter-Islam.org, there are alternative, resepectful ways to dispose of Qur'ans that are no longer in use. Burning is acceptable only as a last resort. The preferred methods are:
* Wrapping a Qur'an in cloth and burying it respectfully in grounds not normally walked upon, or
* Fastening a heavy object to a Qur'an and placing it in a flowing river.
If the preferred methods prove impossible and a Qur'an is burned, the ash should be collected and buried or placed in a flowing river, Islamic scholars say.
Holy Muslim writings other than the Qur'an may be burned if the names of Allah, the Angels and Messengers are first wiped away. They may also be cast into a flowing river or buried, without first removing names, under the teachings of Hanafi jurist Allamah Haskafi.
How Qur'an Burnings Came to Light
Late last Monday night, NATO personnel began unloading bags of books into a pit for incineration outside Bagram Air Base, the New York Times said. Afghan workers noticed that the books being burned were Qur'ans and threw their helmets at the NATO vehicles and shouted at the NATO personnel to stop. The NATO personnel stopped, but two bags of the holy books had already been burned.
NATO commander John R. Allen subsequently apologized and said the burning was unintentional and apologized, promising to fully investigate how the error occurred.
CNN said the Qur'ans had been removed from a detainee center library due to inscriptions on them that gave the impression they were being used to spread extremist sentiment.
President Obama's Apology
President Barack Obama apologized to Afghan President Harmid Karzai by telephone last Monday, followed up by a letter Thursday. According to USA Today, the letter expressed deep regret for the inadvertent Qur'an burnings and promised action to preclude any repeat of the mistake. The letter also said the persons responsible would be held accountable.